Jesus Christ and the Everlasting Gospel (RELΒ AΒ 250)

Readings selected from publications of the Religious Studies Center

Introductory Material

Creation, Fall, and the Need for Redemption

  • Tyler J. Griffin and Donald B. Anderson, "The Great Plan of Happiness: A Christ-Centered Visual Approach," Religious Educator 18, no. 1 (2017): 12–31.
  • Amy B. Hardison, β€œTheophany on Sinai,” in Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament (The 42nd Annual Sidney Sperry Symposium), ed. Jeffrey R. Chadwick, Matthew J. Grey, and David Rolph Seely (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2013), 218–31.
  • Andrew C. Skinner, β€œSeeing God in His Temple: A Significant Theme in Israel’s Psalms,” in Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament (The 42nd Annual Sidney Sperry Symposium), ed. Jeffrey R. Chadwick, Matthew J. Grey, and David Rolph Seely (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2013), 270–90.
  • Kent P. Jackson, "The Old Testament and Easter," in Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament (The 42nd Annual Sidney Sperry Symposium), ed. Jeffrey R. Chadwick, Matthew J. Grey, and David Rolph Seely (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2013), 1–11.
  • Alonzo L. Gaskill, β€œTypes, Shadows, and Symbols of Christ Seen by the Church Fathers,” in The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, The 38th Annual BYU Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009).
  • Dan Belnap, β€œβ€˜How Excellent is Thy Lovingkindness’: The Gospel Principle of Hesed,” in The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, The 38th Annual BYU Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009).
  • Jared T. Parker, β€œCutting Covenants,” in The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, The 38th Annual BYU Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009).
  • Jennifer C. Lane, β€œThe Whole Meaning of the Law: Christ’s Vicarious Sacrifice,” in The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament (The 38th Annual BYU Sidney B. Sperry Symposium) (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009).
  • Kerry Muhlestein, β€œRuth, Redemption, Covenant, and Christ,” in The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, The 38th Annual BYU Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009).
  • Terry B. Ball, β€œIsaiah’s β€˜Other’ Servant Songs,” in The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, The 38th Annual BYU Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009).
  • Jennifer C. Lane, β€œRedemption’s Grand Design for Both the Living and the Dead,” in The Doctrine and Covenants, Revelations in Context (The 37th Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry), ed. Andrew H. Hedges, J. Spencer Fluhman, and Alonzo L. Gaskill (Provo and Salt Lake City: Religious Studies Center, and Deseret Book, 2008), 188–211.
  • Michael A. Goodman, β€œThe Creation: An Introduction to Our Relationship to God,” in Religious Educator 8, no. 3 (2007): 15–29.
  • Douglas S. Ladle, β€œTeaching the Fall of Adam and Eve,” in Religious Educator 5, no. 1 (2004): 41–55.

Abraham and the Covenant

Saving God’s People

Mothers and Sons, Prophetesses and Deliverers

Royal Psalms

Gospel Portraits

Miracles of Jesus

Sermon on the Mount

On the Road to Jerusalem: Transfiguration

  • Andrew C. Skinner, β€œPeterβ€”the Chief Apostle,” in Go Ye into All the World: Messages of the New Testament Apostles, 31st Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2002), 187–219.
  • Richard J. Clifford, β€œThe Temple and the Holy Mountain,” in The Temple in Antiquity: Ancient Records and Modern Perspectives, ed. Truman G. Madsen (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 1984), 107–24.

Jesus as King

Jesus’ Final Night

Crucifixion and Burial

Resurrection

Apostolic Proclamations of Christ

  • Richard D. Draper, β€œThe Earliest β€˜New Testament,’” in How the New Testament Came to Be, ed. Kent P. Jackson and Frank F. Judd Jr., (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006), 260-291.

The Great High Priest

The Apocalyptic Jesus

  • Thomas A. Wayment, β€œApocalyptic Imagination and the New Testament,” in Go Ye into All the World: Messages of the New Testament Apostles, 31st Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2002), 305–318.